Dr. Giorgio F. Signorini
Curriculum Vitae
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Name:
- Giorgio Federico Signorini
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Born:
- 21/02/1959 Firenze (Italy)
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Citizenship:
- Italian
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Marital status:
- married (1998), one child (born 2004)
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Address:
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Firenze
via della Lastruccia, 3
I-50019 Sesto F. (Firenze) Italy
tel: +39-055-457-3085
signo@chim.unifi.it
http://www.chim.unifi.it/~signo
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education
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High School:
- Liceo Classico “Dante”, Firenze (1973-1978)
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University:
- Degree in Chemistry, Università di Firenze (1979-1985)
Final mark: 110/110 cum laude
Dissertation in Molecular Spectroscopy: “Lattice Dynamics and Anharmonic
Processes in Molecular Crystals: Anthracene and Nitrogen” (Supervisor: Prof.
V. Schettino)
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Ph. D.:
- Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze Chimiche, curriculum Chimica Fisica dello
Stato Solido (Physical Chemistry of Solid State) (1986-1989)
Dissertation: “Dynamical Properties and Relaxation Processes in Condensed
Molecular Systems”
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employment
- Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA;
Prof. Michael L. Klein (1989-1990)
- IBM Study Contract with Università di Firenze: “Connection of different
computing systems through token-ring and Portability of Unix applications”
(1990-1991)
- Member of Scientific-Technical staff, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di
Firenze (1991-present)
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research fields
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intermolecular potentials:
- models for intermolecular potentials and their use
in computational schemes such as Molecular Dynamics (MD) and Lattice
Dynamics (LD); transferable force fields; influence of different parts of
potential on anharmonicity; simulation of crystal-liquid transition
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vibrational states of molecular crystals:
- harmonic and anharmonic LD of
molecular crystals; extension of standard LD treatment to crystals of
molecular ions; relaxation processes of internal and external phonons,
vibrational band broadening; approximate computation of high-order
contributions to bandwidth; temperature and pressure effect on bandwidths;
contribution of orientational disorder to bandwidths: MD simulations and
comparison to LD;
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spectroscopic properties of impurities:
- vibrational relaxation of a doping
molecule in a host molecular lattice; pressure dependence of vibronic band
frequencies of a small molecule in a rare-gas matrix;
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dynamics of molecular liquids:
- structure and structure relaxation near the
glass transition; comparison of simulation results to predictions of
mode-coupling theory; relaxation of rotational degrees of freedom
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other professional interests
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archaeometry:
- non-destructive spectroscopic analysis of painting materials from
rock art sites
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computer systems and networks:
- IBM VM/CMS mainframe computer and
UNIX workstation administration; TCP/IP network design and
administration; DNS server administration; electronic mail management
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teaching experiences
- Fortran Programming, for Chemistry students, Università di Firenze, 1990/91
- The VM/CMS operating system, cycle of lessons and lab sessions for
Theoretical Chemistry students, Università di Firenze, 1990/91
- Lattice Dynamics calculations on Ionic Crystals, seminar for Solid State
Physical Chemistry students, Università di Firenze, 1994/95
- Internet resources for Chemistry education, lesson and lab session for High
School teachers, Università di Firenze, 1999.
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations, cycle of lessons for Theoretical Chemistry
students, Università di Firenze, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002.
- Introduction to UNIX, cycles of lessons and lab sessions in the IT Skills course
for Chemistry students, Università di Firenze, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04,
2005/06 and 2006/07
- Introduction to the Internet, cycles of lessons and lab sessions in the IT
Knowledge course for students of Cultural Heritage Conservation, Università
di Firenze, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2005/06 and 2006/07
- Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulation of a model polypeptide, laboratory
project in the course Structure and Dynamics of Biomolecules, for Ph.D.
students in Chemistry of Biomolecules, Università di Firenze, 2005/06
- Monte Carlo Simulation, laboratory project in the course Structure and
Dynamics of Biomolecules, for Ph.D. students in Chemistry of Biomolecules,
Università di Firenze, 2006/07 and 2007/08
- Elementary Statistical Mechanics and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of
proteins, series of classes and laboratory project in the course Structure and
Dynamics of Biomolecules, for Ph.D. students in Chemistry of Biomolecules,
Università di Firenze, 2006/07
- Elementary Statistical Mechanics (classes), Molecular Dynamics Simulation of
proteins and advanced computational techniques for the evaluation of stability
(laboratory project); in the course Structure and Dynamics of Biomolecules,
for Ph.D. students in Chemistry of Biomolecules, Università di Firenze,
2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09